What’s up in Barcelona?
Numerous events draw hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world to Barcelona every year. The most important yearly festivals you find below.
Barcelona & Surroundings
Blog for Barcelona Insiders
Discover what’s going on in Barcelona during the coming days, feel like a local and become a part of this vibrant city!
Outside Barcelona
Go on an adventure and experience Barcelona’s beautiful environs – hidden beaches, high peaks and good wine!
Spring
Primavera Sound Festival
Primavera Sound Festival takes place in Barcelona in the end of May. Extended to 5 days, this means more Djs, more locations and more party!
Type: Music Festival
Summer
Barcelona in August
Music festivals, street parties, sport events and much more that has to be discovered during the hot summer month August.
Sonar Festival
The Sonar Festival in Barcelona takes place in June every year. This unique cultural format composes of day and night activities related to electronic music, film and arts.
Type: Music Festival
Barcelona Summer Festival (El Grec)
The Barcelona Summer Festival is known also known as El Grec festival since most of its events take place in the old greek amphitheatre of El Grec.
Type: Theatre Festival
Sala Montjuic – Open air cinema
From the beginning of July to the beginning of August the open air cinema in Montjuic Castle will fascinate Barcelona’s cineasts again.
Type: Cinema Festival
Fiesta Mayor de Gracia
Every year during the third week of August Catalunya’s most famous street festival will be held in Gracia, Barcelona’s hippest city district.
Type: Music Festival
Autumn
Barcelona’s Top 10 Things To Do in Autumn
Discover Barcelona during the great and vibrant autumn time with various festivals about music and film, sport events and culinary highlights!
Barcelona in September
September in Barcelona has a huge variety of different activities to offer – street festivals, fashion shows, sport events, special dinners and much more!
Barcelona in October
Explore Barcelona like a local in the 10th month of the year and don’t miss spectacular festivals and sport events.
Barcelona in November
Enjoy Barcelona’s falling leafs during the beautiful autumn month November and experience the kick off season for Christmas time.
Winter
Barcelona in December
Discover Barcelona during the fascinating winter time and experience the magic of Catalan Christmas traditions.